Moorberg claypit at Sarstedt (Upper Toarcian): Late/Upper Toarcian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Protospinacidae
? Protospinax sp. Woodward 1919
1 specimen
IGPH 88-II-1
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 52.2° North, 9.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:41.5° North, 18.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Toarcian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 3
Key time interval:Late/Upper Toarcian
Age range of interval:180.40000 - 174.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "siliciclastic"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Institut für Geologie und Paläontologie der Universität Hannover (IGPH)
Metadata
Database number:139230
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2013-02-09 12:18:51 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2013-02-09 12:18:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

44730. D. Thies. 1989. Some problematical sharks teeth (Chondrichthyes, Neoselachii) from the Early and Middle Jurassic of Germany. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 63:103-117 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]